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n: a substance defined under HAZCOM (OSHA) as any element, chemical compound, or mixture of elements and/or compounds.

n: a plan for emergency response situations that is available to employees and OSHA personnel for inspection and that contains (at a minimum) pre-emergency planning and coordination with outside parties;personnel roles, lines of authority, training, and communication;emergency recognition and prevention;safe distances and places of refuge;site security and control;evacuation routes and procedures;decontamination;emergency alerting and response procedures;critique of response and followup;and personal protective equipment (PPE) and emergency equipment.

n: (HAZCOM, CS, or the "Employee Right to Know") an OSHA standard that guarantees employees the right to know about chemical hazards on the job and how to protect themselves from those hazards. Under HAZCOM, all manufacturers and employers must prepare a written hazard communication program;prepare a list of all hazardous materials in the workplace;label all containers of hazardous materials in the workplace;collect and maintain a material safety data sheet (MSDS) for each hazardous material present in the workplace;and provide employee training on specific topics related to hazardous substances.

n: (OSHA) any words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof appearing on a label or other appropriate form of warning that convey the hazard(s) of the chemical(s) in the container(s).

adj: involving or exposing one to risk. The lists of material or waste that are considered hazardous vary from agency to agency and from regulation to regulation: hazardous materials in transport are regulated by DOT;hazardous substances in the workplace are regulated by OSHA;hazardous waste is regulated under EPAs RCRA;toxic substances are regulated under EPAs TSCA;hazardous air pollutants are regulated under EPAs CAA;and so on. The hazardous list for that regulation is tailored to that purpose.

n: 1. (OSHA) (HAZCOM) any chemical that is a physical hazard or a health hazard. 2. (SARA) any hazardous chemical as defined under 29 CFR 1910.1200(c),except those that are regulated by other agencies or laws.

n: (HAZWOPER) an OSHA standard that is concerned primarily with worker safety in emergency response situations. HAZWOPER requires employers to protect the safety and health of three specific groups of workers: those involved in emergency response or cleanup at hazardous waste sites;those involved in emergency response at treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) sites;and those involved in emergency response to incidents involving hazardous substances.

n: (OSHA) the potential human health hazard associated with contact with materials or substances. A chemical that is listed as a health hazard is a chemical for which there is statistically significant evidence based on at least one study conducted in accordance with established scientific principles that acute or chronic health effects may occur in exposed employees.

n: (OSHA) the first business with employees within the customs territory of the United States that receives hazardous chemicals produced in other countries for the purpose of supplying them to distributors or employers within the United States. impressed-current anode n: anode to which an external source of IK>sitive electricity is applied (such as from a rectifier or DC generator). The negative electricity is applied to a pipeline. casing. or other structure to be protected by the impressedcurrent method of cathodic protection.

n: (MSDS) a reference document prepared by the chemical manufacturer and required under HAZCOM to be kept with the material during shipment and distributed in the workplace for any employee who may work with that material. The information on the MSDS may take a variety of forms but it must include the identity of the chemical, chemicals, or mixtures as listed on the container label;the physical and chemical characteristics of the material;the physical hazards of the material;the health hazards of the material;the primary routes of entry into the human body;the permissible exposure limits, if available;whether the material has been found to be a carcinogen, a potential carcinogen, or is regulated by OSHA;any generally applicable precautions for safe handling;any generally applicable control measures;emergency first aid procedures;the date the MSDS was prepared;and the name, address, and telephone number of the material source or another responsible party who can provide additional information and emergency procedures for the material if necessary.

a description of the HSE data for a marketed product.